Basic Medicine and Epic Working together Enable clinicians to access genome analysis and other testing services directly through their EHR system.
Kathleen Kaa, the interim chief commercial officer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, said that the partnership was announced on Thursday to improve the efficiency of clinical workflows and provide providers (including oncology practices) with access to clinical and genomics in one system Information authority. Basic Medicine, In an email.
Foundation Medicine’s genomic testing will be provided through Epic EHR, allowing clinicians to place orders and view results in their existing workflow. This means that clinicians will not have to log in to different portals and perform repeated data entry to obtain patient genomic information.
“Suppliers in today’s health ecosystem are under increasing pressure to strike a balance between high-quality patient care and operational efficiency to support a business model that is largely driven by cost savings,” Kaa said . “Technologies that provide time-saving features in practice free up more time for clinicians to focus on patient care.”
For Epic, the partnership will enable it to provide important clinical decision support for its healthcare organization customers.
“Genomic information…provides[s] Alan Hutchison, Vice President of Population Health, Verona, Wisconsin, said: epic, In an email.
Initially, Foundation Medicine’s test ordering and result viewing services will be accessed through Epic’s Care Everywhere platform, which enables users to share patient data with Epic and non-Epic systems. Kaa explained that there will be a new version of Epic EHR that includes Foundation Medicine services, and customers can choose to use these services. The integration is expected to be launched next year.
“These customers don’t need additional logins, systems, or technology to access data-driven insights,” she said. “The update will be seamlessly integrated into the existing oncology practice workflow.”
Epic is not the only EMR company that Foundation Medicine has partnered with. In June, became the first comprehensive genome analysis provider and Flatiron Health’s OncoEMR platform.
“Integrating our tests into leading EMR systems is just one way we improve our products to promote precision medicine for all patients,” Kaa said.
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